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wisc.edu

Category: Education

Scanned: May 20, 2026, 01:15 AM UTC · First seen: May 20, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of wisc.edu Captured May 20, 2026
https://wisc.edu
Screenshot of wisc.edu
40 years
Very Popular - #1,302 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, United States
AmazonS3
Unknown
144.92.9.70
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered September 30, 1985
Expires July 31, 2027
Name Servers ADNS4.DOIT.WISC.EDU
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting University of Wisconsin Madison
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
32 files scanned
No threats
30
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
2
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.wisc.edu/admissions/# 75.7 KB Flagged: high risk
www.wisc.edu/visit/# 103.7 KB Flagged: high risk
www.wisc.edu.http-redirect 76 B No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-TQ8DQJ4 266 B No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-N7GFX62 268 B No threats
www.wisc.edu/# 74.3 KB No threats
www.wisc.edu/athletics/# 64.4 KB No threats
www.wisc.edu/images/map-icon.svg 340 B No threats
www.wisc.edu/images/list-icon.svg 828 B No threats
www.wisc.edu/about/# 130.8 KB No threats
www.wisc.edu/student-life/# 75.0 KB No threats
www.wisc.edu/research/# 69.0 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
467
External Links
3 Flagged
2
Iframes
Clean
299
Referenced Domains
2 Flagged
5
Flagged Resources
Detected
go.wisc.eduFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
precollege.wisc.eduFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.wisc.edu/asrFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://go.wisc.edu/bus-routesFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://go.wisc.edu/parkingFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://go.wisc.edu/asrFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://go.wisc.edu/bus-routesFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://go.wisc.edu/parkingFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
http://acstaff.wisc.edu/Not flagged
http://babcockhalldairystore.wisc.eduNot flagged
http://babcockhalldairystore.wisc.edu/menu/Not flagged
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id%3D4418Not flagged
http://map.wisc.edu/s/h6gyoxciNot flagged
http://ordertranscript.wisc.edu/Not flagged
http://transportation.wisc.edu/parking/lotinfo_occupancy.aspxNot flagged
http://wisc.edu/about/Not flagged
http://wisc.edu/about/facts/Not flagged
http://wisc.edu/about/leadership/Not flagged
http://wisc.edu/about/nobel-prize/Not flagged
http://wisc.edu/academics/Not flagged
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go.wisc.eduFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
precollege.wisc.eduFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
016.119.01.000Not flagged
175.wisc.eduNot flagged
accessible.wisc.eduNot flagged
acsss.wisc.eduNot flagged
acstaff.wisc.eduNot flagged
admissions.wisc.eduNot flagged
advising.wisc.eduNot flagged
africa.wisc.eduNot flagged
african.wisc.eduNot flagged
afroamericanstudies.wisc.eduNot flagged
afrotc.wisc.eduNot flagged
alc.wisc.eduNot flagged
alerts.wisc.eduNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-N7GFX62" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-TQ8DQJ4" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
wisc.edu Overview

Description of wisc.edu

wisc.edu appears to be the primary web domain for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a major public research university in the United States. The homepage content, page title, and metadata indicate that the site is used to present information about academics, admissions, student life, research, athletics, and institutional resources for prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

The domain has been registered since 1985, which is consistent with a long-established academic institution. Its categories from multiple web-classification providers align with education and educational institutions, and the screenshot shows standard university branding, navigation links for campus services, and calls to action such as visiting campus, applying, and exploring majors.

Safety Assessment for wisc.edu

The strongest reputation signals in this scan are favorable. The domain was not flagged by any of 92 security engines, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources reported clean results at the time of this scan. The site also has a very long registration history and a strong web presence, which generally reduces the likelihood that it is part of a short-lived abusive operation.

One malware scanner did report generic detections on a small number of pages and related short-link subdomains, including labels such as GenericMaliciousObject and GenericSuspiciousObject. However, these findings appear to be low-confidence heuristic classifications rather than broadly corroborated malware identifications, and they are not supported by the wider engine consensus or blacklist data in this scan.

Based on available data, no threats were detected by the broader set of security engines at the time of this scan, and the isolated heuristic alerts may reflect false positives or non-specific pattern matches.

Technical Description

The site is using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with expiry shown as 2026-07-30. The resolved server IP is 144.92.9.70, hosting is attributed to University of Wisconsin Madison, and the reported web server infrastructure references AmazonS3. The domain uses institution-controlled nameservers under wisc.edu, which is consistent with established organizational management.

DNSSEC status was not confirmed in the provided data. No major infrastructure-level security issues are evident from the scan summary, although the generic heuristic flags on certain linked resources and subdomains suggest that periodic monitoring of redirects and short-link destinations would still be prudent.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://wisc.edu/
200 https://www.wisc.edu/
Website Insights
#1,302
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 13 May 19
4 cookies detected
Essential0
Analytics4
Advertising0
Social0
4 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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